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plough: see plow plow or plough, agricultural implement used to cut furrows in and turn up the soil, preparing it for planting. The plow is generally considered the most important tillage tool. ..... Click the link for more information. . plowor ploughMost important agricultural implement since the beginning of history, used to turn and break up soil, to bury crop residues, and to help control weeds. The forerunner of the plow is the prehistoric digging stick. The earliest plows were undoubtedly digging sticks with handles for pulling or pushing. By Roman times, plows were pulled by oxen or horses, and today they are drawn by tractors. plough (esp US), plow 1. any of various similar implements, such as a device for clearing snow 2. a plane with a narrow blade for cutting grooves in wood Plough the. the group of the seven brightest stars in the constellation Ursa Major |
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Chavez's car then crashed through a chain link fence and into a large steel plow before flipping and landing upside down in a strawberry field. While modern lay readers immediately think of John Deer as the inventor of the steel plow, in reality he began as an indebted blacksmith fleeing debt in new England who set up shop on the Illinois frontier and designed a new plow which began his involvement inventing a wide range of farm equipment. Some farmers used ox teams to break the prairie sod with John Deere's steel plow. |
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